eurekapd Chapter 292 Friends of Women
Chapter 292 Friends of Women
As soon as Xu Wenyan walked into Chen Xingjie's yard, she smelled the fragrance of food.
In addition to Wang Cuijuan and Zhou Rong, some aunts from the village also came.
"Mrs. Zheng, the sauerkraut you make is so delicious. No wonder it can be sold for a lot of money in the county." The speaker was Li Dezhu's wife. Li Dezhu was an honest man and also worked in Xu Wenyan's factory.
His wife is good in every way except that she is a bit of a gossip.
Zhong Li grabbed a handful of pickled cabbage and started cutting it: "These are all handed down from my family. I just need them to make a living."
Dezhu's wife sighed: "You two are farming and doing business, your life is really prosperous."
A few aunts were chatting over there when they heard the sound of a mule cart.
Dezhu's wife Huang had little contact with Xu Wenyan, and Xu Wenyan was a male wife, so he didn't know how to call her. Should he call her Sanlin's wife?
Rural women almost never have their own names when they get married. They are either called so-and-so's wife or so-and-so's mother. This really makes it difficult for him.
"Cousin." Zhou Rong ran over to steady the mule and helped Xu Wenyan unload the goods. Wen also came from a distance to help.
"All the aunts are here." Xu Wenyan got out of the car, leaning against half a piece of wild boar meat. The women were quite surprised. Xu Wenyan looked fair and clean, with delicate skin and tender flesh. Was he still very strong?
When Mrs. Huang saw the half of the wild boar meat he was holding, her eyes lit up: "This Sanlin wife married well. I heard that Chen Sanlin used to be a hunter in the village. If you follow him, you will never have to worry about having meat to eat."
Zhong Li pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled awkwardly: "Isn't your Dezhu also a good person, honest and dutiful."
"Alas, that's his only advantage. He's very dull."
When the aunts around saw that Xu Wenyan had a lot of things in his car, they all came over to help. You took some, I took some, and soon the car was cleared out.
Everyone knows that Xu Wenyan's family has some money, but no one expected them to be so generous. Not only was there pork, but there were also a few fish in the bucket. Those were fish.
There were also dried rabbits and chickens. It was amazing that so many things could be prepared for a banquet for the village chief's child.
"Why do you have to carry so many things?" Wang Dongmei heard the voice coming from the inner room. Little Chen Zhao was held by Wang Cuijuan.
"Sister Dongmei, there are no crucian carp at home. Let Brother Chen take Brother Xingjie to try their luck tomorrow." The fish that Xiaoman caught before had already been given to Wang Dongmei.
This pregnant woman will recover faster if she drinks more crucian carp soup.
Most of the dishes can only be prepared tomorrow. Xu Wenyan brought a bag of noodles and said, "Aunties, please help and make the noodles.
Huang and Zhong put down the work in their hands and walked over.
Huang exclaimed, "Mrs. Sanlin, you have to mix so much coarse flour?"
Although this name is not wrong, it always makes Xu Wenyan feel uncomfortable: "Aunt Huang, just call me by my name. I need to mix the noodles. We will eat dumplings tomorrow."
Huang was also happy to hear that there were dumplings to eat. She wanted to eat this meal herself: "Hey, there are so many noodles, it seems that your dishes are not enough."
After saying that, Xu Wenyan remembered something. He first took down a large wooden board from the top of the mule cart, and then placed the board steadily on several stools.
Everyone looked at him in confusion until Xu Wenyan brought in a large pile of pork. The 40 kilograms of pork were mostly lean meat.
In ancient times, lean meat was cheaper than fatty meat, and Xu Wenyan also preferred to eat leaner dumplings.
Wang Dongmei frowned and walked over: "Your money is blown by the wind. This much meat must cost more than one tael of silver."
No matter how much he loved his son, it was good enough for him, a boy born in the countryside, to have a birthday party. It would have been fine if he had just held a casual party, but as his cousin, he made such a big deal about it.
"Well, now that we've bought it, let's have a good meal. You and Brother Xingjie will have to help me with the work in the future. I'm the one who makes the profit."
Looking at Xu Wenyan's indifferent smile, Wang Dongmei shook her head helplessly. But that was true, the money had been spent and she could compensate him slowly in the future.
"This, this, this... Sister Sanlin... No, Xu Wenyan, you bought so much meat, are you going to make dumplings?" This action made Huang dumbfounded.
Before she came to Jixiang Village, she was also a farmer. She could only eat meat during the Chinese New Year, and it was only a small piece. Her mother-in-law was strict and she would be scolded if she ate too much.
This was the first time she saw people buying so much meat to eat. These women were already very happy to be able to eat vegetarian dumplings, but they didn't expect that they would have to be stuffed with meat.
They had only heard of meat dumplings. After all, how many farmers would really be willing to buy meat to make dumplings? That's meat. Just buy a few ounces and let your eldest grandson taste it.
Looking at Xu Wenyan's meal, there was more meat and less vegetables. When kneading the dough, Xu Wenyan only added some white powder.
Although no one knew what it was, it couldn't be poison.
As for the sauerkraut and wild vegetables, they can be prepared tomorrow. While waiting for the dough to rise, Xu Wenyan took out three iron plates.
The iron plates are of different sizes, but the only thing they have in common is that there are holes on them. Those holes are not hollow, but have some curves.
"Dear aunties, please peel the potatoes for us." Now that everyone in the family has potatoes, they are naturally considered a dish.
Seven or eight women came with their own knives and cut a lot in just a few strokes.
Xu Wenyan picked up the potato, put it on the iron plate, rubbed it with a little force, and then a magical scene happened.
Potato shreds flowed out of every small hole on the iron plate, and Xu Wenyan finished wiping a potato in just a few strokes.
"Oh my! Xu Wenyan, what is this thing? It's really amazing."
His operation stunned all the aunties and grandmas. If you want to shred potatoes, you have to cut them into slices first and then slowly cut them into shreds, but this thing can actually produce shreds directly?
Simply amazing.
Xu Wenyan smiled. Seeing the surprised expressions on these people's faces, Xu Wenyan felt happy: "This is specially used for shredding. In addition to potatoes, radishes and sweet potatoes can also be used."
"Oh, you are indeed a businessman. Your brain is much more flexible than ours."
"That's right, thanks to Xiao Xu, many people in our village didn't starve to death, and now they have jobs. This is the blessing we earned in our previous life!" Huang took the lead in boasting, and even Xu Wenyan felt embarrassed by her praise.
"Before I came to Jixiang Village, there was famine in the village all year round. I never thought that the wild grass on the roadside could be eaten! How come Xiao Xu is so amazing?"
Talking about the past events in the village seemed to open up everyone's conversation.
A group of women started talking about the past, laughing and crying.
"Oh, you still have this past?" Huang had just finished talking about her village when Zheng Liwei popped up from nowhere.
"Tsk, how can a grown man like you eavesdrop on our conversations? Don't you know how to be more discreet?"
"Yeah, you can't listen to us talking about women."
Zheng Liwei also felt wronged: "I came here to look for my wife, and Xiao Xu is here too, why don't you say anything about him?"
"Xiao Xu is a very capable person. Anyway, you stinky men are not allowed to listen to what women say."
Xu Wenyan also shook his head helplessly. These aunts were really enthusiastic.
In fact, although they are called aunts, these women are only in their twenties or twenties, and the oldest is only in her thirties.
In modern society, this is the time to enjoy the best years of life.
Ever since Xu Wenyan's magical weapon came out, his status in the hearts of women instantly rose.
Everyone in the group knew how to make dumplings, and they finished in no time while chatting, and were just waiting to have the feast tomorrow.